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Scrying vs Crystallomancy - What's the difference?

scrying | crystallomancy |

As nouns the difference between scrying and crystallomancy

is that scrying is the act of one who scries while crystallomancy is the use of a crystal or other transparent solid for the purpose of divination.

As a verb scrying

is present participle of lang=en.

scrying

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who scries.
  • * 2005 , Jeremy Bechen, The Lost Lands of Reljae
    • He has scoured the known world for information on this ancient land turned to myth and has tried many times to locate it with his magic, only to be denied as some unseen force tampered with his scryings .

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    crystallomancy

    English

    Noun

    (-) (also crystalomancy''', '''chrystallomancy''', '''cristallomancy )
  • The use of a crystal or other transparent solid for the purpose of divination.
  • Divination by a crystal ball.

    • References

    ::"Chrystallomancy, by glasses..." -- The Magastromancer xix, Gaule, 1652 ::"Precious stones were much used by crystallomancers in the past, the favourite stone being the beryl in pale sea green or reddish tints. By the ancients crystallomancy was practised with a view to the invocation of spirits" -- Encyc. Occult, L. Spence, 1920 *Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary . © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.